Example sentences of "[adv] if i 'd " in BNC.
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1 | Perhaps if I 'd tried one-one-five , or five-five-one … or five-one-one , or five-five-five … |
2 | Perhaps if I 'd entered him for the Champion Hurdle , he might have sold . |
3 | Cutting that over the numbers had me down and stopped well before the first intersection , a distance of around 400 metres , and I could have done much better if I 'd heaved on the brakes , which are single Goodyear discs with excellent stopping power . |
4 | Probably I could have done quite a bit better if I 'd been forced to work , because if I 'm not , I 'm not so bothered to do the work . |
5 | ‘ Nor have you wanted them from me , You 'd never have stayed around so long if I 'd pushed you about . ’ |
6 | I 've said all along if I 'd been a white man with my ability , I feel I 'd be a wealthy man . |
7 | So if I 'd still been giving Clive the best part of my days , occasions for dalliance would have been rare and risky . |
8 | And he only had to wait a couple of erm points left on his licence so if I 'd taken the dangerous thriving or something he could have lost his licence but erm that 's besides the point . |
9 | ‘ So if I 'd been queer , what happened this morning would n't have ? ’ |
10 | as a pension , so if I 'd retired at that point , and then worked part time |
11 | So it 's probably just as well that I did n't leap off in your boat because er even in this climate I , I could have ended up pretty cold and miserable especially if I 'd fallen in . |
12 | And I would have got it together if I 'd had time had gone out to work instead of for days on end being unemployed and sitting and telling me about Karen . |
13 | They have good days and bad days : days when things seem relatively easy , they are on the ball , and a lot gets done , and days when they just ca n't face it and phone in sick — only to feel much perkier half-an-hour after putting down the phone , and a little guilty that ‘ I could have gone in if I 'd really had to ’ . |
14 | I could still have easily called in if I 'd wanted to but I saw something advertised in a village saw the board took the number down and phoned them up . |
15 | So I do n't You know whilst I would have normally if I 'd been teaching a class done about five or six examples of that , that 's all you 're gon na get . |
16 | ‘ I just could n't consider playing tennis professionally if I 'd had to stay in Ireland . ’ |
17 | ‘ I 'd have been all right if I 'd made it to the main road . ’ |
18 | She was reported as seeing it as a serious matter and thought the fine by the court was not enough : ‘ I 'd have chopped his hand off if I 'd had the chance ’ . |
19 | ‘ I could have arranged to set off later if I 'd known . |
20 | is much more of a go down in colour , erm so I think probably if I 'd seen her , er prints I maybe I would of approached this erm differently , erm it gave me a very immense voice about crowds , erm , very , very different from the front of the picture apart from the alarm registered in the eyes of the , of the old woman erm , this is called Even Paradise Has Its End , sorry Even Paradise Has Its Price , sorry Ours in the night laying between sleep and arousal held in balance , fragile as dust on a scale , night spirit 's sit easy , in no hurry , even paradise has its price , would you like me to read that one again ? |
21 | I would n't have opened up if I 'd known ; they 're a thieving bunch and they usually work in pairs . |
22 | I popped in to see what the form was , and to find out if I 'd been fired as a house-sitter . |
23 | Now if I 'd said how about if you had erm sixty add sixty do you think you could do that ? |
24 | Now if I 'd mentioned Lilian Parsons … ’ |
25 | Erm now if I 'd given you the same thing and you 'd |
26 | I should have enjoyed it just as well if I 'd picked it up in a bookshop , by an unknown author . |
27 | Well if I 'd swapped monitors with you can pro and I do n't suppose you 'll wan na get rid of your Amstrad today |
28 | well if I 'd known enough company she said , I 'd have been at home with me feet up |
29 | Well if I 'd known I 'd gone down there . |
30 | I was never really happy about the explanation but I had no proof of my own misgivings about it and anyway I would n't have known where to start looking even if I 'd been convinced then that she was alive . ’ |